Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades Reader. Get local news, event information, podcasts, discounts and more. Sign up now!

Sign up

The Bend-La Pine School District announced it will offer healthy meals at no charge to those 18 and younger at four Central Oregon locations this summer. There is no registration or fee to receive a free lunch through the program that begins June 24 and continues through August 23 (closed July 4 and 5).

All meals must be eaten on site and parents and guardians are encouraged to attend with their children. Meals for accompanying adults are $5. The free lunches will be served at the following locations:

Alpenglow Park, 61049 SE 15th St., Bend
Hours 12–1 pm

Boys and Girls Club, 500 NW Wall St., Bend
Hours 11:45 am–12:45 pm

Larkspur Park, 1700 SE Reed Market Rd., Bend
Hours 11:45 am–12:45 pm

La Pine Elementary School, 51615 Coach Rd., La Pine
Hours 11:45 am–12:45 pm

This article appears in BendNest Summer 2024.

MAKE LOCAL JOURNALISM HAPPEN

One-time Monthly Annually

One-time

$25

$50

$150

Other Donation amount

$

Monthly

$10

$20

$85

Other Donation amount per month

$

Annually

$120

$500

$1,000

Other Donation amount per year

$

We're stronger together! Become a Source member and help us empower the community through impactful, local news. Your support makes a difference!

Donate Now

Republish This Story

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.

Close window

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Bend La-Pine School District Brings Back Free Summer Lunch Program

by Roseann Dennery, Bend Nest
May 1, 2024

<h1>Bend La-Pine School District Brings Back Free Summer Lunch Program</h1> <p class="byline">by Roseann Dennery, Bend Nest <br />May 1, 2024</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nestnews2-1-7dd9a7418866e8d9.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nestnews2-1-7dd9a7418866e8d9.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-56220" /></a></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">T</span>he Bend-La Pine School District announced it will offer healthy meals at no charge to those 18 and younger at four Central Oregon locations this summer. There is no registration or fee to receive a free lunch through the program that begins June 24 and continues through August 23 (closed July 4 and 5). </p> <p> All meals must be eaten on site and parents and guardians are encouraged to attend with their children. Meals for accompanying adults are $5. The free lunches will be served at the following locations: </p> <p> <b>Alpenglow Park</b>, 61049 SE 15th St., Bend<br /> Hours 12–1 pm </p> <p> <b>Boys and Girls Club</b>, 500 NW Wall St., Bend<br /> Hours 11:45 am–12:45 pm </p> <p> <b>Larkspur Park</b>, 1700 SE Reed Market Rd., Bend<br /> Hours 11:45 am–12:45 pm </p> <p> <b>La Pine Elementary School</b>, 51615 Coach Rd., La Pine<br /> Hours 11:45 am–12:45 pm</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/bend-nest-content/nestnews/bend-la-pine-school-district-brings-back-free-summer-lunch-program-21080799/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;Bend Nest&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=56219&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/bend-nest-content/nestnews/bend-la-pine-school-district-brings-back-free-summer-lunch-program-21080799/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

Copy to Clipboard

1

Trending

Two Restaurants Close, Two New Restaurants Are Opening in Their PlaceApril 15, 2026Nic Moye

Study Finds Tipping Culture is on the Decline April 17, 2026Jesse Coronado

Six People Treated for Drug Overdoses in 24 HoursApril 20, 2026Peter Madsen

Without an Operator, Managed Homeless Camp in Redmond Sits Vacant April 21, 2026Clayton Franke